Progressive Era Test Practice

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.

Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.

Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hines

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers

• suffragists

• immigrants

• abolitionists

The campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism was called

• Women Suffrage

• Temperance Movement

• Alcoholics Anonymous

• Fair Weather Fan

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?

• Meat Inspection Act

• Preservation

• Conservation

• Intimidation

Contrary to Social Darwinism, this movement said that people should give back to other people (like through charity work) in order to achieve salvation.

• Social Darwinism

• Social Gospel Movement

• Political Machines

• Eugenics Movement

What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?

• a sharp increase in college enrollment
• crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
• decline in economic growth
•  a large amount of unused farmland

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• 18th Amendment
• Pure Food and Drug Act
• Equal Rights Amendment

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following was a major goal of Jane Addams' settlement house movement in Chicago?

• The founding of women's colleges
• The introduction of prison reform
• The assimilation of immigrants
• The establishment of public libraries